Group Tries Shoplifting, Then Beats Man in SF Mission » MissionLocal

Group Tries Shoplifting, Then Beats Man in SF Mission » MissionLocal

By Joe Rivano Barros Posted June 24, 2016 11:17 am A man was taken to the hospital late Thursday after being pummeled by three men on the edge of the Mission District. At 11:47 p.m., a 20-year-old man was in a store on 16th Street between Bryant and Potrero when a group of two men and one woman in their 20s attempted to shoplift, getting into an argument with the man. One of the men in the group punched the victim multiple times while the woman put him in a headlock, before the three fled on foot without having stolen anything. The man was transported to the hospital but was in stable condition. The police did not say whether the victim was an employee of the store or which store the assault occurred in, and they have not made an arrest. And at 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, a 49-year-old man was standing on the corner of 24th and Mission streets waiting for the bus when a woman and a man in their 20s exited a bus and approached the man.

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